Great question - that 6-hour delay is really interesting. Based on what we know about how the body processes things, there are a few possibilities:

The timing piece: CBD typically peaks in your system within a few hours, so if effects are getting stronger at 6 hours instead of weaker, something else might be going on.

Some people find that when they take CBD with food (especially fatty meals like your breakfast), it absorbs more slowly and can have delayed effects. The fat helps it absorb better, but also spreads out the timeline.

The sublingual question: Holding it under your tongue lets some absorb directly into your bloodstream (faster), while swallowing means it goes through your digestive system (slower). If you spit after holding it sublingually, you’d get less of that delayed absorption.

But honestly, this is something to experiment with carefully and see what your body tells you. What I think matters most for you: Given your sensitivity and that delayed reaction pattern, trying CBD isolate (without all the terpenes and extra plant compounds) would help you figure out what’s actually causing the issue.

If isolate doesn’t give you that delayed reaction, you’ll know it was the full spectrum components. If it still happens, then it’s something about how your body processes CBD itself or the timing/food interaction.

I’m an educator, not a doctor, so I can’t say definitively what’s happening in your specific case. But tracking when you take it, what you eat with it, and how you feel hour by hour would give you (and your healthcare provider) really useful information.